Catching the attention of your target audience is of prime importance when posting on social media.  Knowing the best times to post will enable you to extend your reach and gain maximum exposure.

Through careful analysis of our social media data it appears that the optimum times to post are:

Facebook (business)

Best Posting Times: . 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm The peak time is Wednesday at 3:00 pm.

Worst Posting Times: .  8:00 pm – 8:00am

LinkedIn

Best Posting Times:

7:00 am – 9:00 am and 5:00 pm -6:00 pm. Peak days are Tuesday through to Thursday.

Worst Posting Times: . Traffic fades between 10:00 pm – 6:00 am

Traffic is less on Mondays and Fridays.

Twitter

Best Posting Times: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm. Traffic starts to increase after 11.00am

Worst Posting Times: 8:00am-9:00 am and after 3.00pm. However in contradiction to this, specific hashtag hours can prove very popular  with 8pm-9pm seemingly a common time.

Google+

Best Posting Times: 9am-11am. Traffic tends to increase after 11am.

Worst Posting Times: 6pm – 8am. Decreased traffic after 5pm.

Don’t forget these are general guidlines and are based on our findings, so experiment a little, use analytics and see what works for you.